Taliban Ban Girls Over Sixth Grade From Private Education Centres In Herat
Rahmatullah Jaber, the Taliban's education chief in Herat, announced in a letter that girls' education above the sixth grade in private education centres is prohibited.
Rahmatullah Jaber, the Taliban's education chief in Herat, announced in a letter that girls' education above the sixth grade in private education centres is prohibited.
The Taliban official said that girls' education above the sixth grade is prohibited by Mullah Hibatullah's decree until "further notice”.
The Taliban's education chief in Herat wrote in a letter to the Herat Education Department on Tuesday, December 24, that according to the order of the leader of this group, the education of girls above the sixth grade in public and private schools and educational centres will be "closed" until further notice.
Rahmatullah Jaber has asked the Herat Education Department to act in accordance with the ban. The letter was sent to the department for teacher training, district education offices in Injil and Guzara, the Taliban’s intelligence directorate, and the union of private educational centres in Herat.
With the closure of girls' schools above the sixth grade, girls in a number of provinces, including Herat, went to private educational centres to continue their studies. In the letter, the Taliban's education chief said that the teaching of girls above the sixth grade in public and private schools and educational centres is prohibited.
In the past few months, the Taliban had closed a number of educational centres for girls' education in Herat.
